a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms; classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans
[ Syn: classicism , classicism ]
a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms; classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans
[ Syn: classicism , classicism ]